Someone will always be looking at you as an example of how to behave. Don't let him down.

No partnership matters more. The relationship with the one you marry provides 90 percent of your happiness and 90 percent of your misery.

It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece - by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her greatest regret.

A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.